Morehouse King Collection

THE KING TIMELINE AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

• 1929
  Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta on January 15
  
• 1944
  Martin Luther King Jr. enters Morehouse as an early-admission student at the age of 15
  
• 1948
  Martin Luther King Jr. receives the bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse. He continues his education at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Boston, and later at Boston University’s School of Theology
  
• 1957
  King receives his first ever honorary degree from Morehouse, presented to him by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, the school’s sixth president
  
• 1959
  King delivers Commencement address at the College
  
• 1960
  King teaches a senior philosophy class as a visiting professor
  
• 1965
  King becomes a trustee at Morehouse and delivers the Convocation address after receiving Nobel Peace Prize
  
• 1966
  King delivers keynote address in celebration of the College’s 100th anniversary
  
• 1968
  King’s body is carried from Ebenezer Baptist Church to the Morehouse campus for final funeral service. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays delivers the eulogy
  
• 1970
  Coretta Scott King is awarded an honorary degree from Morehouse
  
• 1978
  The Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel, the world’s largest religious memorial to King, is dedicated by Ambassador Andrew Young
  
• 1981
  The chapel is renamed “The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel” in honor of King’s international acclaim as a Nobel Peace Prize winner
  
• 1984
  The King statue is unveiled on the King Chapel plaza
  
• 2001
  The Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize is established, awarded to individuals deemed to be exemplary leaders among global citizens
  
• 2006
  Coretta Scott King is posthumously awarded the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize and honored with a new oil portrait

Gandhi King Ikeda Community Builders Prize Recipients

• 2006, posthumously
  Coretta Scott King
  Founding Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
  The King Center, Atlanta, Georgia

• 2006
  The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa

• 2005
  John Hume
  Architect of Northern Ireland Peace Summit
  Britain’s House of Commons at Westminster
  European Union

• 2005
  The Honorable Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  Former President, USSR
  President and Co-Founder, Green Cross International

• 2005
  Rabbi Michael Lerner
  Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
  Co-Founder and National Co-Chair, Tikkun Community Magazine

• 2004
  The Honorable Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  Former President of the Republic of South Africa
  Former President of the African National Congress

• 2004
  F.W. DeKlerk
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  Former President of South Africa
  President, the F.W. DeKlerk Foundation for Peace

• 2004, posthumously
  Chief Albert John Lutuli
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  President of the National African Congress

• 2003
  Betty Williams
  Nobel Peace Laureate
  President, World Center of Compassion for Children International

• 2002
  Dr. Michael Nobel
  Nobel Family Foundation
  Chairman, Nobel Society’s Board of Directors
  The Appeal of the Peace Prize Laureates Foundation
  The Non-Violence Project

• 2001
  His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan
  Moderator of the World Conference of Religion and Peace
  President, Club of Rome
  Chairman, Arab Thought Forum